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Aurora · 1 month ago

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Models and Validation

positionMountain View, California
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$139K/yr - $223K/yr
date2+ years exp

Aurora Innovation is dedicated to delivering self-driving technology that enhances mobility and logistics. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer focused on Models and Validation to build and evaluate models for the Motion Planner, support ML workflows, and collaborate with various engineering teams.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation
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Responsibilities

Build learned models used to develop and evaluate the Motion Planner in large scale simulations on complex scenarios
Build novel generative models to augment our simulation data and create unseen realistic and plausible scenarios for training and evaluating the Motion Planner and other sub-systems
Support the various parts of the ML model development workflow, including dataset management, label quality, feature processing pipelines, model training and evaluation infrastructure
Work closely with Behavior Planning and Safety Engineering teams to understand their requirements and inform our technical approach
Work with the Behavior Simulation and Perception Simulation teams to add any necessary core functionality required to deploy our models
Develop tools to visualize, introspect and extract insights from running our models
Support your team with code reviews and ideas as part of a collaborative environment

Qualification

Machine Learning fundamentalsML model buildingPyTorchPythonRobotics knowledgeData science librariesIndustry experienceMotion Planner developmentDeploying ML modelsProject work/publicationsProblem-solving

Required

Motivated and can work independently in a fast paced environment, navigating problem ambiguity
Strong knowledge of ML fundamentals
ML model building experience (data preparation, training, model design, evaluation)
Robotics-related domain knowledge
Strong knowledge of PyTorch, Python, numpy and common data science libraries
2+ years of industry experience in a related field

Preferred

Experience with Motion Planner development
Experience deploying ML models in production environments
Project work, or publications in top-tier conferences or workshops

Benefits

Annual bonus
Equity compensation
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Company

Aurora

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Aurora is building self-driving technology to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger ones.
dateFounded in 2017
location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://aurora.tech

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (11)
2024 (51)
2023 (91)
2022 (77)
2021 (38)
2020 (51)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.19B
Key Investors
UberSequoia Capital
2024-08-01Post Ipo Equity· $483M
2023-07-19Post Ipo Equity· $820M
2021-11-04Post Ipo Equity· $1.8B

Leadership Team

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Chris Urmson
CEO and co-founder
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Sterling Anderson
Co-Founder & CPO
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Recent News

Aurora Blog
Investing in the Future of Transportation, Aurora Raises over $530 million
2025-12-24
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Lightspeed Venture Partners portfolio- Aurora(Ravi Mhatre - Partner & Co-Founder, Raviraj Jain - Partner)
2025-12-24
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Detmar Selects Aurora to Deploy Expanded Fleet of Autonomous Trucks for Major Energy Producer
2025-12-08
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